Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-23
KENTUCKY VENDETTA.
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some citizens, and when it came to a
stop they informed the conductor that q
! bloody battle was going on in Moreheed
between the Sherif's posse and the Toll
| liver gang, and that it
WOULD NOT BE SAFE
| for the train to proceed until the LOstil.
tiles ceased. The passengers and train
! men were ali very much frightened and
at their solicitation the conductor ran
the train 20 Martins switch, two and
/ one-half miles cast Of Morehead. There
| they remained until nearly y O'Clock,
when they were notified that the
! light ng was over and that
the train might pass through the town
with safety. The trein stopped 70: some
time at Morehead and there tue pas
sengers learned5 the particulars of the
battle, which appeared TO be about IS fol
lows: Sheriff Hogg, presumably acting
under instructions from the state aUthori-
ties, for he recently visited Frankfort to
see Governor Knott, has been for about
g week quietly Organizing a very large
posse of determined men in the upper
part of Rowan county and il the adj Join
ing counties for the purpose OF aTresting
Craig Tolliyer or all parties implicated in
the murder of the Logan boys some
two weeks sgO. Craig Tolliver hao
received intinations of this, but they
were so vague that ne supposed the party
would be regulators instead Of g Sheriff's
posse. Tolliver and his party, consist
ing OF about ten men, were quite vigilsnt
and
WENT HEAVILY ARMED.
10 meet every east bound train at the de-
pot 10 search for suspicious characters
and 10 see that no one got off at More
head but those whom theY desired. Saer-
III Hogg equipped his large party with
Winchester rifles and ammunition and
was secretly conveyed to his rendezvous
while lie was organizing his posse
Everything vas ready for Il move
on the T0lliver gang several days ago, out
as it was iln0"n that neither ne nor any
of his men would possibly submit to
legal arrest OF any kind, it was decided
best to have their plans thoroughly ma
tGred before take any dec siye steps. 1t
was finally determined TO attempt
the arrest OF the assassin Tuesday
June % in the dGy time, TO prevent any
women, children or inCffeEsiye citizens
from baiGg Killed by accident. Accord
ingiy, at al early hour this morning, the
people living on the line CT railroad
within two or three miles of Morehead,
on eael 81 e Of the town, were notified
TO STOP ALL TRAINS
and inform the conductors what was &C
ing on ia Morehead, so that the pqssen-
gers and trsinnel would not be placed in
danger. Sheriff Hogg's band Of reso-
lute men, numbering probably more
than 200, appeared suddenly ct More
head about O'Clock this morn
ing. 4 Gordon was first established
around the entire town in the brush
where the men could not be seen. The
Sheriff then entered the town 81 the head
Of about 100 Weli-sTmed men. Craig
Toliiver and his ten followers immedi-
which they had previously barriCsdcd in
such q manner IS TO make # quite
A FORMIDABLE FORTIFICATIoN.
Sheriff Hogg then notified Tolliyer ne had
warrants for all the men implicated in the
killing Of the Logan boys, and asked that
they all submit peacefully to arrest under
the law. Toliiver replied that neither he
nor his men would be arrested, and that
q hundred men coui not take them.
His party then opened fire on the sherif's
posse. Quite brisk rattle of InuSketry
ensued and the fighting was kept up pos
sibly two hours. The Only casualty
for the time was flesh wound re
ceived by one of the sheTeff's posse.
The. attacki-g party, however, were
gradually drawing their lines close
around ToliiYer's fertilization and the
besieged party finding things growing too
warm, finally conc uded to make
BOLD RUSH FOR LIBERTY,
Gu: their way through the Sheriff's lines
and take to the adj cent bush. which,
once reached would afford them secure
escape. But as they made the rush they
were met by q tremendous yolIey which
killed Craig Tolliver, Budd Tolliver, Jay
Tolliver and Hiram Cooper. They we're
sll shot through the heart and
died instantly. Craig Tolliyer
seems to have been the general
target ss he was so thoroughly riddled as
TO be scarcely recognizable. The other
men of the gang got through safely, but
IS they approached the ush they
we're met by volley from 10
side the Gordon, a line Of men
being stationed ten or twelve feet apart
all around the town. This voney wounded
Cate Tollivar, g twelve-year old BOY, and
three others, all OF whom were captured |
except Cate Tolliyer, who crawled into
the brush and escaped. The other three |
slso escaped, but one was captured !
afterWard. This brought the battle 10 |
an end, and the slain were gathered up
sud laid cut on the street, where they |
were viewed by the people and the pass |
eDgers from the trains.